Kevin Durant Passes Elgin Baylor, Dwyane Wade, Adrian Dantley in Career Points
Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant is now 28th on the NBA's all-time scoring list after dropping 34 points in a 122-116 home win over the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday.
Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated tweeted after Durant passed Dantley with his 33rd point of the night:
Durant began Tuesday 31st on the list but surpassed Elgin Baylor, Dwyane Wade and Dantley to end the night 28th. KD now has 23,179 career points, and the next player he can pass is ex-NBA center Robert Parish, who sits 27th with 23,334 points.
Durant, a 10-time All-Star who has taken part in 13 NBA seasons, entered Tuesday averaging 27.0 points per game for his career. He's a four-time scoring champion and has been lights-out from the field since the 2012-13 season, making more than 50 percent of his shots each year. KD has also been excellent from three-point range (39.2 percent) and the free-throw line (88.6 percent) during that span.
As for Tuesday, Durant was an efficient 12-of-18 from the field and 4-of-7 from three-point range. He made six of seven free throws and added 13 assists and nine rebounds for the near triple-double.
Durant and the Nets will now stay in town to visit the New York Knicks on Wednesday.
